Bed time snack

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kreeves37 wrote:

This is my second time with GD. Both times I've struggled with my fasting numbers, especially my morning one. I know having the right bedtime snack can really help. With my last pregnancy a sugary cereal before bed helped. I see a lot of women who say they eat ice cream or something else that seems high in sugar works for them. My question is, how do you know this sugary snack isn't making your blood sugar skyrocket since your going to bed and not checking them? Thanks!

Honestly I didn't know if it was or not. I had 1/2 cup of breyers natural vanilla (had the least amount of carbs I could find) with a handful of slivered almonds almost every night. Great fasting number. My daughter was born 6lbs 5oz at 41 weeks so I'll be doing the same this time as long as I can keep my numbers in check.

I had been having toast and also Greek yogurt w berries or string cheese and Greek yogurt w berries and my fasting ranged from 90-96 so last night I gave into my cereal craving :/ (I've been diet controlled since week 9..now week 34 so has been a long long road for me) so I had my yogurt w berries and cereal as well and my fasting this am was 85! Gonna try that again tonight hopefully I'm able to control my fasting otherwise they might start me on insulin

Congrats on fasting number. But I would suggest checking your number one hour after bed time snack at least one day so you know your blood glucose level after snack are not too high. If they are not then you found something which is working for you.

Congrats on fasting number. But I would suggest checking your number one hour after bed time snack at least one day so you know your blood glucose level after snack are not too high. If they are not then you found something which is working for you.

My fasting this am was 93 :( so won't be doing cereal again..not sure if it was because I checked my fasting 10hrs fasting instead of my usual 8 because I slept in this am oh and also I have checked my sugars an hr later after having that snack before and it's always good. Ughh i have about 5 weeks left of this lol almost there

As weird as it sounds, I've been doing two tbsp of raw apple cider vinegar before bed. Bragg's brand. I read about it somewhere on here before. My normal routine is snack around 10:30pm (cheese and crackers, Apple with peanut butter, Fairlife milk with a banana and some almonds are a few I do) and then around midnight I do the vinegar before bed. My fasting numbers 8 hrs later are around 85-95. Which is significantly lower than the 110-120 I was getting before starting it. I tried every type of bedtime snack like protein only and it didn't work. Tried adding carbs, didn't work. I read about the apple cider vinegar and decided what the hell. First morning I got an 83. I was so excited!! Only time I've gotten a number higher than 96 (103) was when I ate really late, took the vinegar within 30 mins and then went to bed. So now I just try to space them out a bit. :)